Burkina Faso is the world’s 7th poorest country with one of lowest literacy levels.

Entire villages contribute to construction and leadership, including women, who have traditionally been denied leadership roles.

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WHY I’M MATCHING YOUR DONATION

“Investing in education and opportunity for young people is a major priority in our lives, and we are thrilled that with the help of buildOn we can maintain our ongoing commitment to improving education for the children of Burkina Faso. Join me in sharing the gift of education with Burkina Faso.”
– Katharine McPhee, Musician and Actress

What Your Donation to Burkina Faso Provides:

Access to Education

The buildOn school in Kilo will include three modern classrooms and space to educate more than 100 children.

Community Empowerment

We build with communities, not for communities. Villagers are empowered partners not recipients of aid.

GenderEquality

Girls in Kilo will have equal access to education – a rare opportunity for girls in much of Burkina Faso.

Meet People We're Empowering in Burkina Faso:

“I would like to be a doctor when I grow up. I like to make people feel better … It was hard to learn in our old school. It’s dark and we can’t go to class when it rains because the water comes in.”

Sam, 7-year-old student

Nikiema loves math, but only recently started attending school. Her parents didn’t think she would get a good education in her village’s school – a dark, one-room thatch hut. When they learned buildOn was building a new school in the village, they saw hope for her education and started sending her to class.

Nikiema, 8-year-old student

Deprived of education, Barkissou was unable to write her own name and was married as a teenager. But she saw hope for the future in a new buildOn school: “Knowledge is on the pages of books, and with knowledge comes the power to dream… Through education my children can realize their dreams.”

Barkissou, a young mother and school building volunteer

YOUR SUPPORT WILL ENDURE FOREVER

Contribute $20 or more to the new school in Kilo, Burkina Faso and we’ll include your name or a loved one’s name on a plaque that will forever hang in the new school.